January 28, 2011
The Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God visited parishes in
Northwestern Pennsylvania

On
Sunday, January 23, the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother
of God visited St. Nicholas Church in Edinboro, PA. After the Icon
was greeted by in procession, Vespers were served in the church by
the rector, Priest Seraphim Wing. Upon completion of Vespers,
Archpriest Serge Lukianov, who was accompanying the Icon, presented
the parish a copy of the Kursk Icon with a commemorative plaque on
behalf of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His
Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion.

The Icon then traveled to Erie, where it visited the Church of the
Nativity. The rector, Archpriest Pimen Simon, served a moleben to
the Mother of God, co-served by Fr. Serge, Archpriest Ronald Hazuda
(pastor emeritus of St. Nicholas Church in Erie), and parish
clerics: Priests Theodore Jurewicz and Hierotheus Popoff, and
Deacons Markel Wassell and Stefan Klimczak. Also praying in church
was Fr. Seraphim Wing. Upon completion of the service, Fr. Serge
Lukianov presented the rector with a copy of the Kursk Root Icon, a
blessing from Metropolitan Hilarion.

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